encosta
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈkɔs.tɐ/
encosta is spelled E-N-C-O-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encosta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “slope, gradient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of encostar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “declive”.
What does encosta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslope, gradient
- 2
femininehill
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. declive 2. vertente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encosta
- encostas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encosta?
- Brazil /ẽˈkɔs.tɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈkɔs.tɐ/
- /ẽˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encosta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encosta in Portuguese?
encosta appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).